Friday, January 08, 2010

Rev. Alejandro Flores discovers he cannot fly

AlejandroFlores Rev. Alejandro Flores was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy a few days ago. The Catholic church removed Flores as vicar of Holy Family Church in Shorewood. They also removed his priestly faculties and moved him to neutral housing. The diocese contacted the Department of Children and Family Services. Flores decided to attempt suicide. He failed.

Flores was taken to a diocese residence on Center Street where he would be kept from contact with children and "closely monitored."

"That was something we volunteered to do based on the serious nature of the allegations," Sartain said, when asked if anything in Flores' statements or behavior indicated he needed to be monitored.

The press calls it a “Balcony fall”. I think “Balcony fail” is closer to the truth.

Police reports indicate a responding officer walked up to the balcony while firefighters were treating the injured priest and found "a jacket, cell phone, glasses, large knife and a bottle of liquor" there. Those items were processed by an evidence technician.

It’s such a sad story. After reading it, I found some hope in that they acted swiftly to protect the child and did what they were supposed  to do with regard to legal reporting. My hopes were dashed by the article’s comments. Citizen55 posted the following tripe. I call it the typical “what about the pedophile” speech.

Bishop Sartain seems to be more concerned about how to spin this with the media. But what did he do for Fr. Alex ? Did they even bother to council him or try to evaluate his mental and emotional state after they just took everything away from him ? I doubt it. Regardless of the accusations made against him Fr. Alex deserved better treatment than what this Bishop laid on him. It is shameful and disgusting from what I have seen the last few days from the Joliet Diocese on this and the Bishop also needs to personally apologoze to the people of Holy Family Parish for the way in which Fr. Alex was treated

I guess they could have locked up Fr. Alex and kept him on some kind of suicide watch. Of course, that assumes some level of guilt. I don’t know if that fair.

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Volly 49p · 796 weeks ago

I would blame the Bishop for being part of a corrupt and twisted system that encourages people to live a celibate existence, in denial of their own psychological issues, with the aim of reeling in other insecure and vulnerable people, to FINANCIALLY feed the system. I have little doubt that "Father Alex" encountered someone very much like himself when he was 13. He was probably afraid to speak out against the perpetrator, and received the tacit message that the perp was "holy" and that he (Alex) should consider the same "vocation." If not for the heat being put on the church for the past 7 years or so, Father Alex would be unpacking his suitcase at a new parish on the other side of the US, rather than a jail cell or hospital room. What a messed-up system.
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xoxo · 780 weeks ago

damn he jst made my name look bad:(
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andres · 774 weeks ago

so....did he get to kill himself? is he dead?
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margarita · 761 weeks ago

I like this article. Your concerns for the priest are well placed. Where do peadophiles come from? they are victims of abuse too. they need counselling and need to be kept away from children. the church knew this guy was dangerous and yet again they did nothing to stop him wearing a uniform that disguises him as a perfect guy!!
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trinity · 748 weeks ago

Thank you for your concern for this priest. I know the former bishop has to walk a political tightrope in this situation. But by apologizing to the boy and his family the way he did, sounded like the priest had already been judged guilty. That being said, I also know the media doesn't hardly ever get quotes correct, it's easy to leave out half of what some one said and make it sound all different.
Most pedophiles are married white men so I don't know what allowing priests to be married would accomplish. And it's Ok for Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson to molest 13 year olds, but if a priest does it!!! Then it's death to the the priest even before the trial!

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